A ‘perfect’ day for seniors
Senior day was everything the USF seniors could have asked for – and maybe even a bit more. USF (6-5-3, 3-2-2) upset No. 24 Connecticut...
Buddhist monk uses meditation for healing
Students sat in the dark Thursday as a Buddhist monk taught them the benefits of meditation. Banthe Upananda Dedunupitiye, a monk and meditation instructor from...
California tests car devices for DUI checks
SACRAMENTO – California will test requiring that drivers convicted of drunken driving install devices that block vehicles from starting if alcohol is detected on the...
Cuba won’t let blogger go to US to receive award
HAVANA – A Cuban blogger who has become an international sensation for offering frank criticism of her country’s communist system said she was denied government...
Discovering Columbus Day
Columbus Day has a long history, starting on Oct. 12, 1492 when one of Christopher Columbus’s ships, the Pinta, is said to have sighted North...
Fla. to seek death for 4 charged in killing couple
PENSACOLA – Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty for four of eight people charged in the killings of a Panhandle couple known...
GOP mocks Obama’s peace prize, Russians praise it
WASHINGTON – While Russia’s president congratulated President Barack Obama for winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Republicans see the award as so outrageous that they’re using...
Investigation continues, two remain in jail
University Police (UP) detectives are reviewing confiscated evidence from the arrested 911 caller’s home in the investigation of the gun and bomb scare on campus...
Logging on to learn
A social networking Web site created by a USF graduate student unites members with a common goal: gaining and sharing knowledge. An intricate network of...
Man arrested for ’68 hijacking of flight from NY
NEW YORK – Federal officials say a man wanted for hijacking a 1968 flight out of New York to Cuba has been apprehended. Federal authorities...